Liverpool are interested in signing Mane from Southampton in the summer transfer window, according to BBC Sport.

It has been reported that the Reds are willing to pay as much as £30m as transfer fee in order to secure the services of the Senegal international winger. BBC Sport has claimed that the Saints are likely to want around £40m for Mane.

Southampton legend Le Tissier has suggested on Twitter that unless the club’s demands are met, the 24-year-old will not move to Premier League rivals Liverpool this summer.

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Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.